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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the national debate over voter identification laws took a new turn in pennsylvania today. a state judge ruled that officials must wait until 2013 to begin enforcing a new law. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: the decision means pennsylvania voters will not have to present photo identification on election day in november. in his ruling today, commonwealth judge robert simpson noted the election is just five weeks away. he wrote, "i question whether sufficient time now remains to attain the goal of liberal access to acceptable photo identification." as a result, he said, "i'm not convinced in my predictive judgment that there will be no voter dissen france chietment. opponents of the law including stephanie singer praised the decision. >> we can disagree about whether there should be any kind of photo i.d. law for voting. we can disagree and i'm in the next several months maybe years we will disagree. but there's one thing we can't disagree on. something we h
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the national debate over voter identification laws took a new turn in pennsylvania today. a state judge ruled that officials must wait until 2013 to begin enforcing a new law. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: the decision means pennsylvania voters will not have to present photo identification on election day in november. in his ruling today, commonwealth judge robert simpson noted the...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for yo >> good evening, and thank you for joining us for another edition of the pbs newshour. i'm paul anthony with kimberly suiters. as you may know, we take these opportunities a few times a year to ask for viewer support. now, each time, we count on contributions from a few more people like you. and if you haven't made a gift yet, we're hoping that tonight will be your night. each evening on the pbs newshour, you are witnessing collaboration at its best. the team of anchors, reporters, producers, field and studio crews are all working on different tasks but toward the same goal-- to bring you an unbiased account of the day's news. as you can tell, each time you tune in, they take this responsibility very seriously. but there is another important collaboration going on. that is the collaboration between viewers and this station. these are viewers who financially support the station. they are the ones who make this service-- inc
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for yo >> good evening, and thank you for joining us for another edition of the pbs newshour. i'm paul anthony with kimberly suiters. as you may know, we take these opportunities a few times a year to ask for viewer support. now, each time, we count on contributions from a few more people like you. and if you haven't made a gift yet, we're hoping that tonight will be your night. each evening on...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support >> woodruff: finally tonight, back to today's sentencing of three female punk rock band members in russia, and what it says about that country today. margaret warner has that. >> warner: the white house said today it was "disappointed" by the verdict, and had "concerns about the way these young women were treated by the russian judicial system." to explore the trial's broader implications, we turn to stephen sestanovich, professor of international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. thank you for being with us. fair o to say this trial is about a lot more than what three young women did in an orthodox cathedral in moscow? >> absolutely. the political context is all here. this prank, protest, demonstration, performance took place at the height of the protests against putin in february when there was a sense of possibil
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support >> woodruff: finally tonight, back to today's sentencing of three female punk rock band members in russia, and what it says about that country today. margaret warner has that. >> warner: the white house said today it was "disappointed" by the verdict, and had "concerns about the way these young women were treated by the russian judicial...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: sparks were still flying today in the aftermath of the latest republican presidential debate. the candidates went after each other as two key primaries drew near. in phoenix, mitt romney picked up where he left off at last night's arizona debate, charging that rick santorum compromised on conservative principles in his u.s. senate days. >> i didn't expect what happened. what happened was we saw, in this case, senator santorum explain most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. and he talked about this as being taking one for the team. i wondered, which team was he taking it for. my team is the american people, not the insiders in washington and i will fight for the people of america, not special interests. ( applause ) >> woodruff: santorum, meanwhile, released a new television ad in michigan, using some of romney's past statements to question his conservative beliefs. hours earlier, the two leading republican contenders had repeatedly t
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: sparks were still flying today in the aftermath of the latest republican presidential debate. the candidates went after each other as two key primaries drew near. in phoenix, mitt romney picked up where he left off at last night's arizona debate, charging that rick santorum compromised on conservative principles in his u.s. senate days. >> i didn't expect what happened. what happened was we saw,...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we look at a pacific northwest tribe struggling to reclaim land threatened by rising sea levels. we partnered with the public media project, earth-fix, and kcts seattle on this story. again to hari sreenivasan. >>> think are known as the clan of shape shifting wear wolves from the book twilight. >> we have to protect the tribe before it's too late. >> it has brought use lot of national attention and you know there are still people that are just so amazed when they come out here to visit us, wow, they are really here they are really those people. >> tourists may come to see the imagine air wear wolves but what they find is the real story of a people who have endured. on the beaches of-- washington and miss ann is pass on the tradition of fishing for smelt to her grandchildren. she tells stories an
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we look at a pacific northwest tribe struggling to reclaim land threatened by rising sea levels. we partnered with the public media project, earth-fix, and kcts seattle on this story. again to hari sreenivasan. >>> think are known as the clan of shape...
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now back to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> brown: if anyone needed evidence of the changing world of media and technology, more came today in the form of a poll published by "time" magazine that checked in consumers in eight nations, including the u.s. among the highlights 20,% of respondents said they check their mobile device every 10 minutes and 84% said they couldn't go a single day without their mobile devices. we, of course, have been taking a regular look at how such changes are playing out in the presidential campaign and our team from the daily download web site is back again tonight. lauren ashe burne is the site's editor-in-chief, howard curt is host of cnn's "reliable sources q." what do you make of those numbers? >> it's a wired world. i check mine more frequently. >> brown: you're not shocked. >> not at all. >> brown: the biggest news in the campaign was the selection of paul ryan. how did that play out in your world? >> well the campaign itself has turned online on twitter, for
now back to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> brown: if anyone needed evidence of the changing world of media and technology, more came today in the form of a poll published by "time" magazine that checked in consumers in eight nations, including the u.s. among the highlights 20,% of respondents said they check their mobile device every 10 minutes and 84% said they couldn't go a single day without their mobile devices. we, of course, have been taking a regular...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woouff: michigan, atate consided aradlof the union movement, today struck a blow against organized labor. the republican-dominated state legislature approved laws that deny unions the right to require membership in exchange for a job. more than 12,000 people gathered outside the state capitol in lansing to protest the move. inside, they chanted "shame on you!" at republican governor rick snyder. late today he signed the bill. for more, we're joined by micheline mayrd, a contribur to forbecom and former detroit bureau chief for the "new york times," and by bill ballenger, editor of "inside michigan politics." welcome to you both. mickey maynard. first, this has all happened very quickly. what precipitated this right now. >> there were two things that happened, judy. first of all in november there was a ballot proposal that unions floated that would have outlawed right-to-work. it would have put that into the state constitution. that proposal failed because it was proposed
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woouff: michigan, atate consided aradlof the union movement, today struck a blow against organized labor. the republican-dominated state legislature approved laws that deny unions the right to require membership in exchange for a job. more than 12,000 people gathered outside the state capitol in lansing to protest the move. inside, they chanted "shame on you!" at republican governor rick snyder. late...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: this was primary day in arizona and michigan, with 59 republican delegates at stake. mitt romney and rick santorum were the main contenders, and tensions were high, especially in michigan. the romney campaign went into the day struggling to hold off what has turned out to be an aggressive and heated challenge from rick santorum in romney's native state. in the final days before today's open primary, the santorum campaign has staked its claim in michigan even using automated robo-calls to get democratic crossover votes. >> michigan democratsan vote in the republican primary on tuesday. why is it so important? romney's supporting the bailouts for his wall street billionaire buddies but opposed the auto bailouts. that was a slap in the face to every michigan worker. and we're not going to let romney get away with it. >> ifill: as polls showed an election day dead heat, romney accused santorum of using dirty tricks to win. >> it's very easy to excite the base with inc
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: this was primary day in arizona and michigan, with 59 republican delegates at stake. mitt romney and rick santorum were the main contenders, and tensions were high, especially in michigan. the romney campaign went into the day struggling to hold off what has turned out to be an aggressive and heated challenge from rick santorum in romney's native state. in the final days before today's open primary, the...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and queens as sandy hit. the rush of water closed major commuter tunnels linking manhattan with otherboros contributing to the worst damage to the subway system in its 108 years. >> last night we could look down this street here and we saw the river coming toward us and it actually looked like something out of a movie. it was unbelievable. >> woodruff: equally unbelievable, winds of at least 80 miles an hour blew out the bright lights that usually dominate the manhattan skyline. some one million homes and businesses in and around the city lost power. today mayor michael
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and...
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so, it's great to rely on the pbs newshour. you can stay current without being bombarded by all the hype about who's on top today. of course, the pbs newshour is known for impartiality in this process. jim lehrer was selected to moderate 11 nationally televised debates during the last 6 presidential elections. so when you're looking for campaign news you can trust, look no further than this station. and when you donate, you're helping to make it possible. it's like giving a gift to yourself as a viewer and to our democracy, too. don't stand by-- participate. call the number on your screen right now. >> to put it plainly, public television needs you. simple as that. we've survived these many years on what sounds like an old-fashioned idea: asking you, our viewers, for your voluntary support. in england, they pay it mandatorily. but it works for us. not because we count on a few people with very deep pockets, but because we trust our viewers. and they come through. now it's your turn. please go to the phone now, and call the numb
so, it's great to rely on the pbs newshour. you can stay current without being bombarded by all the hype about who's on top today. of course, the pbs newshour is known for impartiality in this process. jim lehrer was selected to moderate 11 nationally televised debates during the last 6 presidential elections. so when you're looking for campaign news you can trust, look no further than this station. and when you donate, you're helping to make it possible. it's like giving a gift to yourself as...
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we're ready to return to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> ifill: finally tonight, a look at one element of syria's opposition, the free syrian army. many are defectors from syria's regular army that is putting down the anti-assad rebellion with brutal efficiency. hugh macleod and annasofie flamand, a reporting team from our international news web site partners, global post, spent time with the fighters in northern lebanon. an unnamed photographer accompanied them into syria.ri macleod voiced this report. >> reporter: these guys with me are from the free syrian army. they are defected soldiers from the army of the syrian regime. i feel proud that we the free syrian army can say that we are here, we are here on the ground. and hopefully soon we will conduct large operations, operations to topple the regime. >> one year into his brutal crackdown on peaceful protests syrian president bashar al assad is facing an armed insurgency by the rebel fighters of the free syrian army. the group is led by officers and sold
we're ready to return to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> ifill: finally tonight, a look at one element of syria's opposition, the free syrian army. many are defectors from syria's regular army that is putting down the anti-assad rebellion with brutal efficiency. hugh macleod and annasofie flamand, a reporting team from our international news web site partners, global post, spent time with the fighters in northern lebanon. an unnamed photographer accompanied them into...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank u. >> suarez: a new wave of political and economic turmoil in europe shook governments, and stock exchanges today. the ruling coalition in the netherlands fell, and the president of france faced an uphill fight in a run-off to retain his job. >> in paris and across europe, all eyes were on francois hollande, now a major step closer to becoming the first socialist president of france since 1995. hollande landed 28% of the vote in sunday's first round election that saw a turnout of more than 80%. he finished ahead of conservative nicolas sarkozy, the incumbent president garnered 27%. the two will meet in a may 6th runoff election. >> i'm going to do exactly as i did in the first round. i'm going to gather all the french people without want change. >> this campaign must be about the truth this is a crucial moment. the french people need to have all the facts so they can choose. and i won't be running away from it or hiding from it. >> reporter: but sarkozy faced deep disconsent-- d
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank u. >> suarez: a new wave of political and economic turmoil in europe shook governments, and stock exchanges today. the ruling coalition in the netherlands fell, and the president of france faced an uphill fight in a run-off to retain his job. >> in paris and across europe, all eyes were on francois hollande, now a major step closer to becoming the first socialist president of france since 1995. hollande landed 28%...
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and by contributions to your pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the worst fire in colorado history kept on burning today, after consuming hundreds of homes. a thousand firefighters worked to corral the flames, as the president viewed the devastation from the air and on the ground. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report >> reporter: the people of colorado springs still were reeling today from the destruction: 347 homes burned to ashes in the waldo canyon firestorm. >> i know it's gone, but it has been there for 13 years. it's hard. and that's hard. >> that's a difficult conversation to have with your children, to say, you don't have a house to come back to. >> reporter: and late last night police chief peter carey also reported the first confirmed death from the fire. >> unfortunately, the remains of one human being was discovered in debris. the search continues. we have informed family members. >> reporter: flames consumed row after row of houses, after the fire roared out of control tuesday night, driven by hig
and by contributions to your pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the worst fire in colorado history kept on burning today, after consuming hundreds of homes. a thousand firefighters worked to corral the flames, as the president viewed the devastation from the air and on the ground. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report >> reporter: the people of colorado springs still were reeling today from the destruction: 347 homes burned to ashes in the waldo...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: president obama backtracked some today on a birth control insurance mandate. his new plan sought to satisfy critics of the plan, while maintaining support from women's health advocates. the president entered the white house briefing room bent on calming a political storm. >> religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventative care will not discriminate against women. >> brown: just three weeks ago, the administration announced that religiously affiliated schools, hospitals and other institutions had to cover birth control free of cost. roman catholic officials, in particular, charged the mandate would force them to violate their own teachings. today, mr. obama said the revised plan would address that objection. >> under the rule, women will still have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services, no matter where they work. so that core principle remains. but if a woman's employer is a charity or a hospital that has
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: president obama backtracked some today on a birth control insurance mandate. his new plan sought to satisfy critics of the plan, while maintaining support from women's health advocates. the president entered the white house briefing room bent on calming a political storm. >> religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventative care will not discriminate against women....
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the world got a look today at the man who allegedly gunned down scores of people in aurora, colorado, on friday. he appeared at his initial court hearing as police pieced together what led up to the assault in a movie theater. >> please be seatedded. ifill: it was the first time he had been seen publicly since friday's shootings, and james holmes cut a bizarre figure. his hair dyed bright orange, his eyes dazed. it was unclear if he was on medication, but the 24-year-old staredded blankly or not at all... or nodded off. and he never spoke as the judge explained the murder charges against him. afterward district attorney carol chambers said the state is considering asking for the death penalty. but she wants to hear from the victim's family. >> it's the... if death penalty is sought, that's a very long process that impacts their lives. for years. and so they will want to have and we will want to get their input before we make any kind of a decision on that. >> ifil
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the world got a look today at the man who allegedly gunned down scores of people in aurora, colorado, on friday. he appeared at his initial court hearing as police pieced together what led up to the assault in a movie theater. >> please be seatedded. ifill: it was the first time he had been seen publicly since friday's shootings, and james holmes cut a bizarre figure. his hair dyed bright orange,...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the tea party had a new champion today and texas republicans had their nominee for the u.s. senate. the results in tuesday's runoff sent a shock wave through republican ranks nationwide. >> when we started, they said this was impossible. we were at 2% in the polls. >> woodruff: but last night, former texas solicitor general ted cruz captured the republican nomination for a u.s. senate seat. >> and they said i couldn't do it. and you know what? they were right. i couldn't do it, but you could. ( cheers ) >> woodruff: cruz trounced texas' lieutenant governor of nine years, david dewhurst, by 13 points. he did it with the backing of such tea party favorites as sarah palin and rick santorum, and with a fiery brand of conservative populism. >> tonight is a victory for the grassroots... ( long cheer ) it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders and to grassroots conservatives. ( cheers ) >> woodruff: dewhurst had been the republican establishment favo
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the tea party had a new champion today and texas republicans had their nominee for the u.s. senate. the results in tuesday's runoff sent a shock wave through republican ranks nationwide. >> when we started, they said this was impossible. we were at 2% in the polls. >> woodruff: but last night, former texas solicitor general ted cruz captured the republican nomination for a u.s. senate seat....
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now back to the pbs newshour. and >> ifill: finally tonight, the continuing influence of julia child on cooking and american tastes. today would have been the famous french chef's 100th birthday. the tributes have already begun for one of the original pioneers in the pbs family. we have our own look and jeffrey brown is our guide. >> the chicken sisters! ms. boiler, ms. fryer... >> brown: a little confidence, julia child taught several generations of americans, is all you need to cook french cuisine. oh, and a lot of butter. >> if you that then the butter won't burn. >> brown: in fact, it wasn't until her 30s that child even began cooking. she was born in pasadena in 1912, and during world war two, worked for the o.s.s., the precursor to the c.i.a. then in 1949, while her husband was stationed in paris as a foreign service officer, she enrolled at the famed cordon bleu school of cooking. in 1961, she published the first of 18 books and the one that made her a national name. "mastering the art of french cooking" no
now back to the pbs newshour. and >> ifill: finally tonight, the continuing influence of julia child on cooking and american tastes. today would have been the famous french chef's 100th birthday. the tributes have already begun for one of the original pioneers in the pbs family. we have our own look and jeffrey brown is our guide. >> the chicken sisters! ms. boiler, ms. fryer... >> brown: a little confidence, julia child taught several generations of americans, is all you need...